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'Muscat Dhows Arbitration. In the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague. Grant of the French Flag to Muscat Dhows. The case on behalf of the Government of His Britannic Majesty.' [‎39v] (87/208)

The record is made up of 1 volume (102 folios). It was created in 1904?-1905?. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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CONCLUSION.
The facts disclosed in tlie former documents
have now been reviewed, and the conclusions to
be drawn therefrom with respect to the French
claims have been discussed. His Majesty's
Government have refrained from contradicting in
minute detail all the allegations contained in the
French documents, the majority of which appear
to them to be irrelevant to the questions at issue,
but they are fully prepared to elucidate, by oral or
written statement or arguments, or production of
further documents, any points as to which the
Tribunal may require more light.
They venture to submit that the statements
and arguments of the British Case and Counter-
Case have not been met in any way by those in
the French "Memoire " and " Contre-Memoire,"
and that they are amply justified in maintaining
that the claim of France to protect 1,000 Omani
Arabs and their families in their native country
from their natural Sovereign is unwarranted by
Treaty, usage, or international law, and amounts
to an attack on the independence of the Sultan,
which is inconsistent with the obligations of
France both towards the Sultan and Great
Britain.
His Majesty's Government submit that a review
of all the evidence and documents establishes the
correctness of the following propositions, which
are the same as those set out in the original
British Case :—
"1. No subject of the Sultan of Muscat acquires
any right to the status of a French protege under
the Treaty of 1844 by the fact that he is the
owner, captain, or a member of the crew of a
native vessel which has, by whatever means,
obtained French papers or flag.
" 2. By her adhesion to the XXXIInd Article
of the Brussels Act of 1890, France is under an
international obligation not to grant French flags
or papers to any native vessel unless its owner,
at the time of grant, is (a) a French citizen, or is
(b) a French protege by reason of his being a
subject of a State under French protection.
" 3. France is equally debarred by the Declara
tion of 1862 from withdrawing any subject of the

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This file consists of a number of printed reports relating to the arbitration over the granting of French flags to Muscat dhows:

  • A printed report in 1904 by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, relating to the arbitration on the issue of French flags to Omani dhows. An agreement between Britain and France in 1862 committed both governments to respect the independence of the Sultan of Muscat.
  • Reply on behalf of the Government of His Britannic Majesty to the Supplementary Conclusions, presented on behalf of the Government of the French Republic and admitted by the tribunal on July 25, 1905.
  • The verdict (in French) of the arbitration tribunal.
  • Treaty Series (No. 3, 1905) - Agreements between the United Kingdom and France referring to arbitration the question of the grant of the French flag to Muscat Dhows.
  • The section on the geography of Oman (ff 58-59A) discusses the French claim with reference to Kiepert's map of 1850. Includes a sketch map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Arabian Coast (folio 91A).
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1 volume (102 folios)
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Description: The foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Foliation errors: 1, and 1A; 50, and 50A; 59, and 59A; 84, and 84A-C; 88, and 88A; 91, and 91A. Pagination: A number of original typed pagination sequences are also located in the file.

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'Muscat Dhows Arbitration. In the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague. Grant of the French Flag to Muscat Dhows. The case on behalf of the Government of His Britannic Majesty.' [‎39v] (87/208), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/406, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024085266.0x000058> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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